about julian2′s suspension/thoughts
Okay, first off, I’m not even in the community anymore. I’m sick of this stupid drama involving teenagers playing a children’s game. I’m not fond of the fact that they profit off of their videos/streams either. Not to be harsh, but I couldn’t care less about any conflict in the game, but it has come to my attention that Julian, or Julian2, was suspended for a… foolish reason.
If you’re not aware of what’s happening, Julian simply made a video about topiary in the game looking like they were mating.
Because he made this video, he was suspended two weeks later with zero explanation of when he was able to return, removed from Animal Jam’s banner on their official YouTube channel, and forced out of the AJ Youtuber group chat.
My friend Bella direct messaged Animal Jam HQ about the issue. This is what they said:
“While we do have some teenage Jammers, the vast majority of our audience is under 13. It is that demographic that we have a duty to protect, and we cannot feature a Jambassador who posts a sexually explicit den scene, even if his intentions were innocent.”
They do have a point— Julian did upload a video referencing sex and is a bannable offense. But according to him, it was only a clip, yet he was practically forced out of the community. Says Julian, “I refuse to be treated as an asset to be disposed of at any moment which I don’t fall perfectly in line with the company’s agenda.”
(Also, animals mating is completely normal. It’s how they reproduce. I don’t know why people flip their shit over this.)
Do you agree? Honestly, it’s tragic that a multi-national company uses its power to practically crush a child’s dream based on a childish act. He apologized, yet he was publicly removed from Animal Jam’s banner and debarred from a group he said that he enjoyed working with. Are they really teaching him a lesson by trying to get rid of everything he’s worked for? It seems like they’re crushing his faith instead.
